IPS Noram and its UN Bureau is offering an exceptional opportunity for two journalists to develop their understanding of climate change justice. The fellowship will run from April to September 2024 and will include a six-module capacity-building course on understanding climate finance, using data and visuals for storytelling, using artificial intelligence
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Journalist killed after police in Haiti open fire
A Haitian journalist died Sunday after being shot in the head when police opened fire on reporters demanding the release of one of their colleagues who was detained while covering a protest, witnesses told The Associated Press. Reporters at the scene identified the slain journalist as Romelo Vilsaint and said
Zimbabwe arrests first journalists under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe’s press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting “false data messages.” The pair were charged on August 3 under the contentious Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, as amended through the Cyber and Data Protection Act, which became law
Hong Kong arrests journalist Allan Au for sedition
The mass violation of media rights by authorities has heightened globally with Hong Kong joining the fray and arrested one of the veteran journalists-media trainers on trumped up charges of sedition. Local media and Al Jazeera confirmed in separate statements the arrest on Monday, Allan Au, 54 a veteran journalist and
Arrest of Zambia journalist for destroying leaked audio sparks uproar
The arrest of a journalist at a private television in Zambia for allegedly destroying evidence of the leaked telephone conversation between two senior government officials has fueled speculations of government’s sincerity over its pledge to promote press freedom. On 24 January the Zambia Police Service summoned, interrogated and later recorded a
Pakistan journalist shot dead outside Lahore Press Club
PEC demands probe into Chin journalist’s killing
Myanmar photojournalist dies in military custody
Freelance photojournalist Ko Soe Naing died lately under the Myanmar military custody and thus the young scribe becomes the first media-victims in the country (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) after the 1 February 2021 military coup that deposed the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi led government in Naypietaw. Naing,
India’s restive region set to end 2021 without journo-murder
If nothing sad happens in the next seven weeks, India’s restive north-eastern region will complete another year without any incident of journo-murder maintaining the trend for the last four years. The region, comprising eight States with a population of over 60 million and surrounded by many foreign nations like Bhutan,
